The result can be de facto union shops, as predicted by Samuel Gompers |1921, 84~: "Even if all the courts in the country should decide that the union shop contract is illegal, an impossible situation, the union shop would not disappear.

GMB general secretary Paul Kenny said union shop stewards from the Total site at Lindsey were waiting to meet a national official from Acas, claiming that employers were refusing to take part in talks.

Labor bigwigs complained that Overture shouldn't get the tax break because Arco Plaza might indirectly benefit, and as far as they're concerned, no business should be allowed to prosper unless it's a union shop.

John Pallister, a GMB union shop steward at the council, said: "The workforce are delighted to get this extra holiday as recognition for the work they have put into the comprehensive performance assessment.

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